Add Quarterly and Annual Views to Timeline and Gantt Charts

Feature Requests
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Current Limitation

The timeline and Gantt chart layouts in Noloco currently only support monthly views as the maximum time scale. This limits the ability to visualize and plan projects or data that span multiple months or years.

Feature Request

Please consider adding two additional time scale options to the timeline and Gantt chart layouts:

  1. Quarterly View: Dividing the timeline into Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 segments
  2. Annual View: Showing years as the primary time divisions

Business Value

These additional views would provide significant benefits:

  • Strategic Planning: Enable high-level, long-term project planning and roadmapping
  • Executive Reporting: Create more appropriate visualizations for quarterly/annual business reviews
  • Portfolio Management: Better visualize multiple projects spanning longer timeframes
  • Resource Allocation: Plan resources across quarters and fiscal years
  • Trend Analysis: Identify patterns and trends that only become visible at larger time scales

Use Cases

  1. Product Roadmaps: Plot feature releases and milestones across multiple quarters or years
  2. Construction Projects: Visualize long-term building projects with major phase milestones
  3. Marketing Campaigns: Plan annual marketing strategies with quarterly campaign focuses
  4. Financial Planning: Align projects with fiscal year budgeting and quarterly reviews
  5. HR Planning: Visualize hiring plans, training programs, and team growth over extended periods

Implementation Suggestions

  • Adjustable Scale: Allow users to toggle between daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual views
  • Custom Date Formats: Support different regional quarter naming conventions (Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4 vs. Jan-Mar/Apr-Jun/etc.)
  • Visual Indicators: Include clear visual separators between quarters and years
  • Drill-Down Capability: Enable clicking on a quarter/year to drill down into more detailed views

Priority

Medium-High: This feature would significantly enhance the platform’s utility for strategic planning and executive reporting without requiring a complete redesign of the existing timeline functionality.

Thank you for considering this feature request. These additional time scale options would greatly enhance Noloco’s value for long-term planning and reporting use cases.

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